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After Iris

by Natasha Farrant · 2013

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An unforgettable middle-grade debut that will steal your heart

Blue Gadsby's twin sister, Iris, died three years ago and her family has never been the same. Her histrionic older sister, Flora, changes her hair color daily; her younger siblings, Jasmine and Twig, are completely obsessed with their pet rats; and both of her parents spend weeks away from home-and each other. Enter Zoran the Bosnian male au pair and Joss the troublemaking boy next door, and life for the Gadsby family takes a turn for the even more chaotic. Blue poignantly captures her family's trials and tribulations from fragmented to fully dysfunctional to ultimately reunited, in a sequence of film transcripts and diary entries that will make you cry, laugh, and give thanks for the gift of families.

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With the charm of The Penderwicksand the poignancy of When You Reach Me, Natasha Farrant's After Irisis a story that will stay with readers long after the last page.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thisromanceromanceMore like thisLess of this
Themes
griefgriefMore like thisLess of thisfriendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of thisfamilyfamilyMore like thisLess of thistwinstwinsMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2010s2010sMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
medium · 272 pages
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diarydiaryMore like thisLess of this

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